PD Courses Recommended by YOU

By Emily Hanlon

One of the most common questions I get are what professional development courses can you recommend? I put the question to you guys and have created this list to help guide you. Please note: I have not done all these trainings myself, this is simply the list of courses that my followers recommended. Some of the courses may overlap, but I’ve tried to organise them as best as I could. I’ll be adding to this list as more recommendations come through. In the interest of full disclosure, I have added me courses to this list too.

Child Development

• Brining Up Great Kids in the First 1000 Days: https://professionals.childhood.org.au/course/bugk-first-1000-days/

• Bringing Up Great Kids (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families): https://professionals.childhood.org.au/course/bugk-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-families/

• Parenting Adolescents: https://professionals.childhood.org.au/course/bugk-parenting-adolescents/

Autism

• Autism Masterclass: This course has been designed to educate and inform parents, teachers, therapists & support workers about Autism Spectrum Disorders across the lifespan. https://theplayfulpsychologist.thinkific.com/courses/autismmasterclass

• Teaching Students with Autism: https://elearning.suelarkey.com.au/product/temple-grandin-teaching-students-with-autism/

• Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder: https://elearning.suelarkey.com.au/product/dr-tony-attwood-understanding-autism-spectrum-disorder-a-different-way-of-thinking-learning-and-managing-emotions/

• Autism Diagnosis & Intervention Webinar by Atwood & Garnett: https://attwoodandgarnettevents.com/product/live-webcast-masterclass-diagnosis-and-intervention-for-children-and-adolescents-with-autism-19-20-january-2022/

Emotions & Emotional Regulation

• The Understanding Emotions Workshop: Explores ways to help children work through their feelings and unlock their potential. https://www.theplayfulpsychologist.com/product-page/the-understanding-emotions-workshop-online

• Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Emotions: https://childpsychologyworkshops.com.au/creative-ways-to-help-children-manage-emotions/

• Emotional Regulation in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: https://elearning.suelarkey.com.au/product/emotionalregulationonlinecourse/

• Tuning Into Kids: https://tuningintokids.org.au/event/tuning-in-to-kids-online-via-zoom-october-7811-facilitator-training-workshop-for-professionals

• Tuning Into Teens: https://tuningintokids.org.au/event/tuning-in-to-teens-online-via-zoom-september-202122-facilitator-training-for-professionals/

• Emotion Coaching, The Heart of Parenting: https://www.gottman.com/product/emotion-coaching-the-heart-of-parenting-online/

• Winning the Toddler Stage: https://biglittlefeelings.com/course/?gclid=CjwKCAjwj8eJBhA5EiwAg3z0m1kszKHnUDXx_AMDuEFXtjLNO1sijEdyWs6-dWv3hTqpTZxLY0bjTRoCtLIQAvD_BwE

• Westmead Feelings Program: https://www.acer.org/au/professional-learning/events/westmead-feelings-program-1-online-course-acer-accredited-course

Trauma

• Trauma Focused CBT: https://www.tfcbt.org/training/tf-cbt-3-day-virtual-training-8/

• The Neurosequential Model in Education: https://www.neurosequential.com/product-page/introduction-to-the-nme-training-series

• Trauma Responsive Practice with Children: https://professionals.childhood.org.au/course/trauma-responsive-practice-with-children/

• Supporting Children and Young People to Heal from the Trauma of Family Violence: https://professionals.childhood.org.au/course/supporting-children-and-young-people-to-heal-from-the-trauma-of-family-violence/

• Understanding the Neurobiology of Complex Trauma: https://professionals.childhood.org.au/course/understanding-the-neurobiology-of-complex-trauma/

• Reaching the Unreachable Child: https://www.berrystreet.org.au/events/reaching-the-unreachable-child

• Attachment, Trauma, and Recovery: https://www.berrystreet.org.au/events/attachment-trauma-recovery-1

Therapeutic Modalities

• Play Therapy Online Training Course: https://www.playtherapyonlinetraining.com/register-for-training.html

• Essentials of CBT: https://learn.beckinstitute.org/s/product/essentials-of-cbt/01t4M000004NDPPQA4

• NDIS Letter Writing Workshop: This workshop has been designed to assist service providers with their NDIS letter writing. https://theplayfulpsychologist.thinkific.com/courses/the-ndis-letter-writing-workshop-for-service-providers

• Fundamentals of Private Practice (three part course): https://psychology.org.au/event/13915

• Cool Kids Anxiety Program: https://openmq.com.au/course/CKAP02

• ACT Made Simple by Russ Harris: https://psychwire.com/harris/courses?gclid=Cj0KCQiAip-PBhDVARIsAPP2xc0AFxfmPBIl8bz3vCpWBU2LoAvj6SDiLBaerzxUJGmdQOp7jZuXsYEaAvwXEALw_wcB

Suicide

• Basic Suicide Intervention Training: https://www.livingworks.com.au/programs/livingworks-start/

Social Skills

• Secret Agent’s Society: https://www.sst-institute.net/new-professional-training

• Zones of Regulation: https://www.zonesofregulation.com/schedule.html

• PALS (no current link available)

• Brick by Brick: https://www.brickbybrick.academy/lego-based-therapy-online-training

• The Incredible Years Dinosaur School: https://www.learninglinks.org.au/services/children-youth/social-skills-programs/

• Superflex: https://www.socialthinking.com/online-training/series-social-detective-superflex

Please email me with any other recommendations you would like me to add to this blog post!